Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Inventions/Discoveries.
The stamps above were issued on 9 February 2010 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Rijksoctrooiwet or State Patent Act. They feature several interesting inventions: Polyethylene fiber (DSM 1979), Dutch telescope (Lipperhey 1608)... and one I consider very important for letter writers: Handwriting recognition (TNT Post 1980).
The whole sheet:
Gorgeous sheet, I love all the little sketches in the selvedge especially the envelope of course.
ReplyDeleteI find it very informative, with those blueprints. I might have got more stamps from the sheet, but I didn't find them.
DeleteThose selvedges are nice.
ReplyDeleteI often wonder how the machines can read some of the many different handwriting styles!
They must be very well trained!
DeleteHandwriting recognition! Who knew!
ReplyDeleteAs I wrote, very important for letter senders :)
DeleteHandwriting recognition?! We take so much for granted, don't we? Great stamps!
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I don't know how things really work out there :)
DeleteGreat says it all!
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